News

2019

2018

August 31, 2018: Dr. Shuren Hu’s paper in Science Advances, “Experimental realization of deep-subwavelength confinement in dielectric optical resonators,” was the subject of a Nature Research Highlight. (link)

May 17, 2018: Francis presents his work “High-Contrast Resonance Excitation in Photonic Crystal Nanobeams via Side-Coupling and Wave-Vector Matching” at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) in San Jose, CA. (link)

March 19, 2018: Kevin successfully defends his PhD dissertation!

January 11, 2018: Congratulations to Dr. Weiss for being selected as a 2018 fellow of both SPIE and OSA!

2017

October 17, 2017: Kevin’s work “Silicon waveguide optical switch with embedded phase change material” is published in Optics Express! (link)

May 13-18, 2017: Shuren and Kevin present their work “Bowtie Photonic Crystal with Deep Subwavelength Mode Confinement in a Dielectric Material” (link) and “Silicon Waveguide Modulator with In-Line Phase Change Material” (link) at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) in San Jose, CA.

May 2, 2017: A special congratulations to Dr. Weiss on being awarded a Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair! (link)

March 6-11, 2016: Half of the Weiss group attends the 10th Porous Semiconductors – Science and Technology Conference in Tarragona, Spain! Kelsey and Yiliang win talk of the day awards for their presentations “Smart Porous Silicon Nanocomposites for Improved Peptide Nucleic Acid Delivery and Micro-RNA Inhibition in Vivo” and “Flow Through Porous Silicon Membranes for Rapid Label-Free Biosensing.” Josh’s poster entitled “Scalable Fabrication of Shape-Engineered Porous Silicon Nanoparticles by Direct Imprintation” also won a poster of the day award!

February 25, 2016: Girija’s work “Influence of Ionizing Radiation and the Role of Thiol Ligands on the Reversible Photodarkening of CdTe/CdS Quantum Dots” is published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces! (link)

February 15, 2016: Kun’s work “Slow Light Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Optical Label-free Biosensing” is published in Optics Letters! (link)

February 15, 2016: Kevin presents his and Petr’s work “Hybrid silicon-vanadium dioxide electro-optic modulators” at Photonics West in San Francisco! (link)

2015

October 21, 2015: Congrats to Yiliang on passing her Qualifying Exam!

September 21, 2015: Girija successfully defends! Congrats Dr. Gaur!

August 13, 2015: Girija’s work “Influence of interfacial oxide on the optical properties of single layer CdTe/CdS quantum dots in porous silicon scaffolds” is published in Applied Physics Letters! (link)

August 7, 2015: Josh’s work “Size-Controlled Nickel Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis using Mesoporous Silicon Thin Films” is published in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research! (link)

July 24, 2015: Petr’s work “Optically Monitored Electrical Switching in VO2” is published in ACS Photonics! (link)

March 27, 2015: Congratulations to Kelsey on winning first place in the campus-wide “Three Minute Thesis” competition in addition to tieing for the People’s Choice Award! Check out her video here! (link)

March 18, 2015: Shweta and Petr are now officially Dr. Bhandaru and Dr. Markov, successfully defending their dissertations on the same day!

March 12, 2015: Gilbert’s work “Porous silicon ring resonator for compact, high sensitivity biosensing applications” is published in Optics Express! (link)

March 5, 2015: Petr’s work “Hybrid Si-VO2-Au Optical Modulator Based on Near-Field Plasmonic Coupling” is published in Optics Express! (link)

February 12, 2015: Dr. Weiss is selected as a member of the inaugural class of Vanderbilt’s Chancellor Faculty Fellows program! (link)

January 28, 2015: Shweta’s work “Total Ionizing Dose Effects of Silicon Ring Resonators” is published in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science! (link)

2014

December 12, 2014: Shweta’s work “Ultra-thin oxide growth on silicon during 10 keV x-ray irradiation” is published in Surface Science! (link)

March 9-14, 2014: Kelsey and Gilbert present their work “Porous Silicon Functionalization for Drug Delivery and Biosensing by In Situ Peptide Nucleic Acid Synthesis” (Kelsey) and “Porous Silicon Bloch Surface and Sub-surface Wave Structure for Simultaneous Detection of Small and Large Molecules” (Gilbert) at the 9th International Porous Semiconductors – Science and Technology (PSST) Conference in Benidorm, Spain. Kelsey wins “Talk of the Day”!